Re: DONNA! Re: does anyone else have hypothyroidism....Barbara
From: Judy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 15 Jun 2000 15:33:28 -0500 (CDT)
Hi Barbara-
Actually, it was Donna who recommended the site (I don't want to take
credit for her terrific site.) I'm checking it out, too! ;-)
--
Judy
At Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Barbara wrote:
>
>thanks Judy, I checked out the website and it had alot of interesting
>information, I will bring this up with my doctor.
>At Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Judy wrote:
>>
>>Hi Donna-
>>
>>I hope you'll forgive me for butting in, when you mentioned a possible
>>link to auto immune diseases I almost jumped out of my chair! I recently
>>underwent some blood tests in order to diagnose PCOS (or so I thought),
>>and my Anti-Nuclear Antibody test came back positive. (Really surprised
>>me, since I didn't even know what that test was...a high titer, too.)
>>Could you elaborate on whatever you've heard about this link to PCOS,
>>pleaseplease?? ;)
>>
>>The ANA threw my GP *entirely* off the PCOS trail, which was completely
>>frustrating. In light of the tests, she concluded that my
>>hirsutism/hormonal symptoms were probably due to my heritage
>>(Grrrr--read: dismissed them) and sent me to a rheumatologist. The
>>Rheumatologist said nothing about any possible link to PCOS. I don't
>>have any of the symptoms of an autoimmune disease, just the mysterious
>>ANA results, so that got me nowhere either.
>>
>>I'd really appreciate any info, no matter how small, that you could
>>share! Thanks so much in advance.
>>
>>--
>>Judy
>>
>>At Wed, 14 Jun 2000, donna wrote:
>>>
>>>I don't know of any research that links pcos to hypothyroidism. Many
>>>women seem to have it, though. I think there is a link of some sort
>>>with autoimmune diseases (I started with 1, now I have 3).I think the
>>>laymans term for autoimmune is "haven't got a clue". This link was
>>>posted here and it contains a wealth of information
>>>http://thyroid.about.com/health/thyroid/msub24.htm :)donna
>>
>--
>Barbara
>
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